![]() Therefore your existing projects will not be moved over to Shutterfly and you will have no access to your old books after May 8. Shutterfly and MyPublisher run on two completely different platforms.Some initial notes and tips about the closure: Good news is you still have time to start up a new project, finish up current ones or reorder previous books through May 8th, but other deadlines as you can see below are considerably sooner. Here’s a shot of the last one I made for her with MyPublisher for my folks’ vacation Down Under… My mom is a die-hard MyPublisher fan and she’s urging me to make her one last photo book of her recent vacation. MyPublisher was actually the first photo book company I tried about a decade ago and it’s still one of my favorites today. Some photo book features we’ve come to associate with MyPublisher have been brought over to Shutterfly, but not all. Shutterfly kept the company going pretty much business as usual these last few years, but I suppose at some point they made a business decision to discontinue MyPublisher as a separate “sister company” and close it altogether. The last event that worried some MyPublisher customers was Shutterfly’s buyout of MyPublisher about three years ago. It’s no surprise that this is big news in Photobookland – MyPublisher has been around for 23 years and they’ve built up a loyal following. Just as soon as the email hit users’ inboxes, I was getting e-mails and Facebook messages expressing disappointment as well as a flurry of questions about what’s next? Messages have continued to come in steadily as the days have passed and I realized if I wrote a post, it would be easier to point folks to this instead of responding to each person individually. I believe many of them are perfectly happy to have "emerging" pros sign up with them, and if you simply contact them they'll work with you, so don't let those sign-up pages deter you.Earlier this week MyPublisher sent an email to its registered users announcing the company would be closing on May 8, 2017. Maria, you mention seeing requirements for pros on some of these sites. This is a process I really don't yet understand, and I (and probably many others) would be grateful for details about what a vendor requires, how much work it is to design a page from scratch rather than use a publisher's layout system, how the vendors respond to your requests and inquiries, how helpful they are when you have questions, etc. ![]() So, to those in the know: it would be a great help if some of you could describe your workflow for flush-mount albums you design yourselves. Most people simply mention a vendor and say they like or don't like the vendor. These forums have lots of discussions about albums, but I'm just not getting the kinds of process and quality descriptions I want to see before I dive in. I'd prefer to get flush-mount albums for my portfolio, but it seems so expensive to experiment with different publishers. For less than £100 you can get a lot of pages. You don't have to worry about the technical side of getting the bleed right or finding/designing borders, flourishes, and other graphic elements. As a result, you can focus on telling the story. This is a good place to start because they have a drag-and-drop layout system that allows some customization, but doesn't require you to design the whole page in Photoshop. I've used MyPublisher for one album, and was pleased enough. ![]() The question about how much Photoshop you're doing has to do with whether you're comfortable using a basic size/bleed template and completely designing each page within the size constraint a publisher provides, or whether you instead want to use a layout system provided by the publisher that allows you some choices but mainly makes it a drag-and-drop experience. The press-printed books are available for about half that amount even if you add lots of pages. The flush-mount albums (i.e., actual photographic paper mounted to 1/16" card) are mostly at least twice your budget. Maria, I've been learning about albums recently, too. ![]()
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